A fresh-faced singer in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant in ...

“Blues is about life, your story and what’s happening with you. That’s what it is,” says Shemekia Copeland. Copeland will play The Egg on Saturday night, 15 days before the Grammys.

There will be more than 200 pieces for sale spanning fashion, accessories — ‘the geriatric starlet’, the sub-title of her autobiography, was rarely spotted without a tower of chunky bangles — and ...

Blues singer Shemekia ... pertinent in today’s world. She brings a contemporary edge. “When I make these albums, you know, I’m trying to make little pieces of art. I’m not just trying ...

Route 66’s Centennial year adding to its legendary stature and the perfect time to explore one of the USA’s most iconic road ...

There’ll be no January Blues at Aviva Studios ... a skate park, an old Debenhams and even an old fire station! Hosted by broadcaster/DJ, Hattie Pearson, Art Battle MCR XXV will mix ...

Discover the rich history and vibrant culture of "15 Iconic American Streets" that define the urban spirit of the nation.

Bentonia's distinctive blues style-haunting, minor-key melodies rendered in a high falsetto-was evidently inspired by a World War I veteran ... at 10 years old, King was singing at church and ...

A memorial exhibition on Cape Ann honors the one-of-a-kind creative force, who abandoned his career as a chiropractor after a ...

But there’s a reason so many people choose to live in them: with world-class art and culture ... From free events like the Chicago Blues Fest and Chicago Jazz Festival to genre-spanning ...

Annie Ernaux’s Booker-nominated book ‘Les Années’ is an artful autobiography that traces her journey from childhood in postwar France to old age in ... promising fine art graduates have ...